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Trust in a social setting isn't necessarily about truth, shared or otherwise. Here, it's about sharing experiences, opinions, viewpoints, etc, without fear that the person you're talking to will "betray" you in a fashion that does you harm. It's about not worrying that the innocuous joke you tell will be reported to HR. It's about accepting that your acquaintances can have different views, and giving them the confidence to share those without fear.

As for "shared truth" being a necessity, that's a path to where we are today, where certain people decide what that truth is and others are required to repeat it, conform to it, and at least present an outward appearance of believing it.

And, as for God - which one? It is beyond doubt that there are irreconcilable differences among the world's major religions.

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